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The TennesseanWed, 19 Mar 2014 00:26:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6Father Ryan wrestling makes key addition for 2011-12http://blogs.tennessean.com/high-school-sports/2011/04/08/father-ryan-wrestling-makes-key-addition-for-2011-12/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/high-school-sports/2011/04/08/father-ryan-wrestling-makes-key-addition-for-2011-12/#commentsFri, 08 Apr 2011 17:17:40 +0000Maurice Pattonhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/high-school-sports/?p=1778Michael Hooker, who won his second wrestling state championship during the Division II tournament a couple of months ago, has transferred from McCallie to Father Ryan and has been declared eligible for the upcoming season by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.

Hooker, who also played football at McCallie, will be a senior this fall. He left the Chattanooga boarding school the week after the state tournament concluded on Feb. 19.

“Without a doubt, he’s the best wrestler in the state,” Ryan Coach Pat Simpson said of Hooker, who won the 145-pound title after winning at 112 as an eighth-grader and placing second at 125 and 135 the next two years.

Most recently, Hooker placed fifth at a national tournament at Virginia Beach, Va.

“He’s the real deal,” said Simpson, who graduated with Hooker’s father from Ryan. The two were teammates in high school — with Hooker finishing as state runner-up his senior year — and at Middle Tennessee State.

Simpson expects Hooker to slide into the Irish lineup at either 152, where Chris Agnew won a state championship this past season, or at 160.